# Στρώματα 4.26.168

Clement of Alexandria, Στρώματα, Book 4, Chapter 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/text-2/4.26.168

Εἰκότως οὖν γνώσεως ἐπήβολος ὁ Ἰὼβ γενόμενος νῦν οἶδα εἶπεν ὅτι πάντα δύνασαι, ἀδυνατεῖ δέ σοι οὐθέν. τίς γὰρ ἀπαγγέλλει μοι ἃ οὐκ ᾔδειν, μεγάλα καὶ θαυμαστὰ ἃ οὐκ ἠπιστάμην; ἐγὼ δὲ ἐφαύλισα ἐμαυτὸν ἡγησάμενος ἐμαυτὸν εἶναι γῆν καὶ σποδόν. ὁ γὰρ ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ ὢν ἁμαρτητικός τέ ἐστι καὶ γῆ καὶ σποδός, ὁ δ’ ἐν γνώσει καθεστώς, ἐξομοιούμενος θεῷ εἰς ὅσον δύναται, ἤδη πνευματικὸς καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλεκτός. ὅτι δὲ τοὺς ἀνοήτους καὶ ἀπειθεῖς γῆν καλεῖ ἡ γραφή, σαφὲς ποιήσει Ἱερεμίας ὁ προφήτης κατὰ Ἰωακεὶμ καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ λέγων· γῆ γῆ, ἄκουε λόγον κυρίου· γράψον τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον ἐκκήρυκτον ἄνθρωπον.

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Clement of Alexandria, Στρώματα, ed. Otto Stählin. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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